Welcome to Wales (Croeso i Cymru)

When my mom was here we took a day trip to Wales for the first time. I fell in love with it so we've been back twice since then, but I still haven't posted from our first trip. The thing I noticed most when we crossed the border (other than all the signs in a funny language...) was the almost immediate change in topography. I imagine this differs depending on where you cross, but the way we drove in the first time it felt like immediately across the border the mountains got mountain-y.



















We first went to Brecon Beacons National Park for a hike and a picnic. We ate the picnic in the car because it was COLD! You can see snow on the mountains in some of the pictures. We went on a four mile hike up to the top of an iron age hill fort through countryside dotted with gorse bushes and shimmering lakes. (Also, I think the landscape looked like a natural golf course in parts...) It was so beautiful, and the kids loved imagining life when the hill fort was a fort. It sleeted on us a few times, and rained pretty hard for a bit, but we also had patches of sun. We definitely want to go back to Brecon Beacons to explore more!

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  1. din 'illahi9 April 2018 at 08:26

    Beautiful!! I love the moody wide views and hillsides.
    We hope to visit Wales (and you) before too long...

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    1. Rachel10 April 2018 at 07:21

      It is really beautiful! It's pretty here in the Cotswolds, too, but Wales feels more rugged and mountain-y (I mean, it's all relative, it's not like the Sierras or anything...:))

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